Happy Halloween Everyone!!
KENPO TERMINOLOGY 101 -
Opposites and Reverses –
Delayed Sword and Sword of Destruction are the same technique using opposite hand sides. Techniques can be run on both left and right sides as well as inside and outside (leaping crane run right side against a left or right punch). It's not necessary to run them on both sides because Mr. Parker devised the techniques so that for every left side defense there is a matching technique on the right side and vice versa with the assumption that the right side is the power side.
SKK NEWS
Whew!! The year is still going by to fast.
We at SKK are very sad to announce the early retirement of Mrs. Tara Turnbull, 1st Degree black. She has thought it over and decided that her personal / family life is getting just way to busy and it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain her teaching schedule. So if you can please let Sensei Turnbull know that she will be missed and wish her luck. Remember, there aren’t any ‘Good byes’ just ‘Til next time’.
Our children/beginners class has picked up a new student. His name is Skyler. He is a very talented young man. Travis and Omari continue their studies and are always happy to help us out. Travis, I want to thank you for your extra effort helping out. Jon and Alex have been really working hard and it definitely shows. Mackenzie, is picking up her game to meet the challenge of being the only girl in class. Watch out boys she does not mess around.
Oh and make sure you work memorizing the Kenpo Creed… Okay!
Keep up the good work in class, children!
The adult class has signed up Keith. He is new to martial arts in general, please introduce yourself if you have not. Overall classes have been pretty steady. We would like to thank Bryan Parker, 2nd Brown, for all of the teaching he has been doing lately. For those of you who do not know, when you attain brown belt status, teaching is part of the curriculum to getting your black belt. Shannon and Shane continue to make improvements. It is really good to see Lisa showing up on a regular basis. Jeff is practically a kenpo fixture in our classes and that is a good thing, he is showing really good improvement.
Those of you who have not shown up lately, and ‘You know who you are’. Please, let us know what is going on with your schedule. Also, know that you are missed. We are getting tired of beating up the same people every week. Come by and say hello, even if you cannot work out.
Thanks to Dr. Dave Crouch, 5th Dan for coming out and giving us an impromptu class on knife fighting tactics. As always his teachings are a value to us and we always appreciate what he has to offer our humble class. Thank you Dr. Dave.
Special announcement keep your calendars as open as possible in December, as we may have Master Lee Wedlake out at our humble class to give us some awesome instruction.
As a reminder, please have your dues paid to Cordova Recreation and Park District by the 10th of every month. Thank you.
American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.
